Atma Bodha · Chapter p1

// ātmabodhaḥ //
tapobhiḥ kṣīṇapāpānāṃ śāntānāṃ vītarāgiṇām /
mumukṣūṇāmapekṣyo'yamātmabodho vidhīyate

bodho'nyasādhanebhyo hi sākṣānmokṣaikasādhanam /
pākasya vahnivajjñānaṃ vinā mokṣo na sidhyati

avirodhitayā karma nāvidyāṃ vinivartayet /
vidyāvidyāṃ nihantyeva tejastimirasaṅghavat

paricchanna ivājñānāttannāśe sati kevalaḥ / var  avacchinna
svayaṃ prakāśate hyātmā meghāpāyeṃ'śumāniva

ajñānakaluṣaṃ jīvaṃ jñānābhyāsādvinirmalam /
kṛtvā jñānaṃ svayaṃ naśyejjalaṃ katakareṇuvat

saṃsāraḥ svapnatulyo hi rāgadveṣādisaṅkulaḥ /
svakāle satyavadbhāti prabodhe satyasadbhavet

tāvatsatyaṃ jagadbhāti śuktikārajataṃ yathā /
yāvanna jñāyate brahma sarvādhiṣṭhānamadvayam

upādāne'khilādhāre jaganti parameśvare /
sargasthitilayān yānti budbudānīva vāriṇi

saccidātmanyanusyūte nitye viṣṇau prakalpitāḥ /
vyaktayo vividhāḥ sarvā hāṭake kaṭakādivat

yathākāśo hṛṣīkeśo nānopādhigato vibhuḥ /
tadbhedādbhinnavadbhāti tannāśe kevalo bhavet

nānopādhivaśādeva jātivarṇāśramādayaḥ / var  jātināmāśramādayaḥ
ātmanyāropitāstoye rasavarṇādi bhedavat // ११/
paṃcīkṛtamahābhūtasaṃbhavaṃ karmasaṃcitam /
śarīraṃ sukhaduḥkhānāṃ bhogāyatanamucyate

paṃcaprāṇamanobuddhidaśendriyasamanvitam /
apaṃcīkṛtabhūtotthaṃ sūkṣmāṅgaṃ bhogasādhanam

anādyavidyānirvācyā kāraṇopādhirucyate /
upādhitritayādanyamātmānamavadhārayet

paṃcakośādiyogena tattanmaya iva sthitaḥ /
śuddhātmā nīlavastrādiyogena sphaṭiko yathā

vapustuṣādibhiḥ kośairyuktaṃ yuktyavaghātataḥ /
ātmānamantaraṃ śuddhaṃ viviñcyāttaṇḍulaṃ yathā

var  vidyartha viviñcyāta/, āśīrliṅga benedictive vivicyāt
sadā sarvagato'pyātmā na sarvatrāvabhāsate /
buddhāvevāvabhāseta svaccheṣu pratibimbavat

dehendriyamanobuddhiprakṛtibhyo vilakṣaṇam /
tadvṛttisākṣiṇaṃ vidyādātmānaṃ rājavatsadā

vyāpṛteṣvindriyeṣvātmā vyāpārīvāvivekinām /
dṛśyate'bhreṣu dhāvatsu dhāvanniva yathā śaśī

ātmacaitanyamāśritya dehendriyamanodhiyaḥ /
svakriyārtheṣu vartante sūryālokaṃ yathā janāḥ / २०//
dehendriyaguṇānkarmāṇyamale saccidātmani /
adhyasyantyavivekena gagane nīlatādivat

ajñānānmānasopādheḥ kartṛtvādīni cātmani /
kalpyante'mbugate candre calanādi yathāmbhasaḥ / २२//
rāgecchāsukhaduḥkhādi buddhau satyāṃ pravartate /
suṣuptau nāsti tannāśe tasmādbuddhestu nātmanaḥ

prakāśo'rkasya toyasya śaityamagneryathoṣṇatā /
svabhāvaḥ saccidānandanityanirmalatātmanaḥ

ātmanaḥ saccidaṃśaśca buddhervṛttiriti dvayam /
saṃyojya cāvivekena jānāmīti pravartate

ātmano vikriyā nāsti buddherbodho na jātviti /
jīvaḥ sarvamalaṃ jñātvā jñātā draṣṭeti muhyati

rajjusarpavadātmānaṃ jīvaṃ jñātvā bhayaṃ  vahet /
nāhaṃ jīvaḥ parātmeti jñātaṃ cennirbhayo bhavet

ātmāvabhāsayatyeko buddhyādīnīndriyāṇyapi /
dīpo ghaṭādivatsvātmā jaḍaistairnāvabhāsyate

svabodhe nānyabodhecchā bodharūpatayātmanaḥ /
na dīpasyānyadīpecchā yathā svātmaprakāśane

niṣidhya nikhilopādhīnneti netīti vākyataḥ /
vidyādaikyaṃ mahāvākyairjīvātmaparamātmanoḥ

āvidyakaṃ śarīrādi dṛśyaṃ budbudavatkṣaram /
etadvilakṣaṇaṃ vidyādahaṃ brahmeti nirmalam

dehānyatvānna me janmajarākārśyalayādayaḥ /
śabdādiviṣayaiḥ saṅgo nirindriyatayā na ca

amanastvānna me duḥkharāgadveṣabhayādayaḥ /
aprāṇo hyamanāḥ śubhra ityādi śrutiśāsanāt

(etasmājjāyate prāṇo manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca /
khaṃ vāyurjyotirāpaḥ pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī //) doubtphul addition
nirguṇo niṣkriyo nityo nirvikalpo niraṃjanaḥ /
nirvikāro nirākāro nityamukto'smi nirmalaḥ

ahamākāśavatsarvaṃ bahirantargato'cyutaḥ /
sadā sarvasamaḥ siddho niḥsaṅgo nirmalo'calaḥ

nityaśuddhavimuktaikamakhaṇḍānandamadvayam /
satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ yatparaṃ brahmāhameva tat

evaṃ nirantarābhyastā brahmaivāsmīti vāsanā /
haratyavidyāvikṣepān rogāniva rasāyanam

viviktadeśa āsīno virāgo vijitendriyaḥ /
bhāvayedekamātmānaṃ tamanantamananyadhīḥ

ātmanyevākhilaṃ dṛśyaṃ pravilāpya dhiyā sudhīḥ /
bhāvayedekamātmānaṃ nirmalākāśavatsadā

rūpavarṇādikaṃ sarva vihāya paramārthavit /
paripurṇaṃcidānandasvarūpeṇāvatiṣṭhate

jñātṛjñānajñeyabhedaḥ pare nātmani vidyate /
cidānandaikarūpatvāddīpyate svayameva tat

var  hi //
evamātmāraṇau dhyānamathane satataṃ kṛte /
uditāvagatirjvālā sarvājñānendhanaṃ dahet

aruṇeneva bodhena pūrvaṃ santamase hṛte /
tata āvirbhavedātmā svayamevāṃśumāniva

ātmā tu satataṃ prāpto'pyaprāptavadavidyayā /
tannāśe prāptavadbhāti svakaṇṭhābharaṇaṃ yathā

sthāṇau puruṣavadbhrāntyā kṛtā brahmaṇi jīvatā /
jīvasya tāttvike rūpe tasmindṛṣṭe nivartate

tatvasvarūpānubhavādutpannaṃ jñānamaṃjasā /
ahaṃ mameti cājñānaṃ bādhate digbhramādivat

samyagvijñānavān yogī svātmanyevākhilaṃ jagat /
ekaṃ ca sarvamātmānamīkṣate jñānacakṣuṣā

ātmaivedaṃ jagatsarvamātmano'nyanna vidyate /
mṛdo yadvadghaṭādīni svātmānaṃ sarvamīkṣate

jīvanmuktastu tadvidvānpūrvopādhiguṇānstyajet /
saccidānandarūpatvāt bhavedbhramarakīṭavat

tīrtvā mohārṇavaṃ hatvā rāgadveṣādirākṣasān /
yogī śāntisamāyukta ātmārāmo virājate

bāhyānityasukhāsaktiṃ hitvātmasukhanirvṛtaḥ /
ghaṭasthadīpavatsvasthaṃ svāntareva prakāśate

var  dīpavacchaśvadantareva
upādhistho'pi taddharmairalipto vyomavanmuniḥ /
sarvavinmūḍhavattiṣṭhedasakto vāyuvaccaret

upādhivilayādviṣṇau nirviśeṣaṃ viśenmuniḥ /
jale jalaṃ viyadvyomni tejastejasi vā yathā

yallābhānnāparo lābho yatsukhānnāparaṃ sukham /
yajjñānānnāparaṃ jñānaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet

yaddṛṣṭvā nāparaṃ dṛśyaṃ yadbhūtvā na punarbhavaḥ /
yajjñātvā nāparaṃ jñeyaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet

tiryagūrdhvamadhaḥ pūrṇaṃ saccidānandamadvayam /
anantaṃ nityamekaṃ yattadbrahmetyavadhārayet

atadvyāvṛttirūpeṇa vedāntairlakṣyate'dvayam /  var 'vyayam
akhaṇḍānandamekaṃ yattatadbrahmetyavadhārayet

akhaṇḍānandarūpasya tasyānandalavāśritāḥ /
brahmādyāstāratamyena bhavantyānandino'khilāḥ

tadyuktamakhilaṃ vastu vyavahārastadanvitaḥ / var vyavahāraścidanvitaḥ
tasmātsarvagataṃ brahma kṣīre sarpirivākhile

anaṇvasthūlamahrasvamadīrghamajamavyayam /
arūpaguṇavarṇākhyaṃ tadbrahmetyavadhārayet

yadbhāsā bhāsyate'rkādi bhāsyairyattu na bhāsyate /
yena sarvamidaṃ bhāti tadbrahmetyavadhārayet

svayamantarbahirvyāpya bhāsayannakhilaṃ jagat /
brahma prakāśate vahniprataptāyasapiṇḍavat

jagadvilakṣaṇaṃ brahma brahmaṇo'nyanna kiṃcana /
brahmānyadbhāti cenmithyā yathā marumarīcikā

dṛśyate śrūyate yadyadbrahmaṇo'nyanna tadbhavet /
tattvajñānācca tadbrahma saccidānandamadvayam

sarvagaṃ saccidātmānaṃ jñānacakṣurnirīkṣate /
ajñānacakṣurnekṣeta bhāsvantaṃ bhānumandhavat

śravaṇādibhiruddīptajñānāgniparitāpitaḥ /
jīvaḥ sarvamalānmuktaḥ svarṇavaddyotate svayam

hṛdākāśodito hyātmā bodhabhānustamo'pahṛt /
sarvavyāpī sarvadhārī bhāti bhāsayate'khilam

digdeśakālādyanapekṣya sarvagaṃ
śītādihṛnnityasukhaṃ niraṃjanam /
yaḥ svātmatīrthaṃ bhajate viniṣkriyaḥ
sa sarvavitsarvagato'mṛto bhavet

// iti śaṃkarācāryaviracita ātmabodhaḥ samāptaḥ //